sf all citizens monitored online, last untagged rebel is pursued for years

One last holdout has been evading capture and being "branded" by totalitarian government and made part of computerlike network. All others now are now monitored continually.The government can track their location and access all their communications and transactions. The citizens' only access to information is via this network, to which they are now connected via the "brand"
Through his ingenuity and luck the protagonist has been one step ahead of the trackers for years.
Final showdown takes place in the mountains, cold and snowing. I think helicopters are involved, and a betrayal by friend. I'd like to reread it, also other books by this author. Can you help?
I read this about ten years ago, but don't know date of publication.

Candle by John Barnes

Thank you, infiniteletters. I see John Barnes has written lots of other books, so I'm looking forward to reareading Candle, as well as reading his other works.

Oooo, it's a series:

http://www.librarything.com/series/Century+Next+Door

:)

You're very welcome. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy at a dollar store at one point, and it was one of the few good books available there.